For my week 7 familiar music I chose to do "DNA" "Move" and "Wings" by Little Mix, "On My Way Up" by Drew Chadwick, and "Believe" by Shawn Mendes. "DNA" was one of the first songs I heard from Little Mix. At the beginning the musicians use a music box sounding technology and they use this sound to incorporate it in with the song. They make it sound like a heart beat with is one of the main ideas of the music video. The first singer to come in is the British singer, Perrie, who has a wide range. She can sing relatively low like her solo part in this part of the song and sing very high later. The singer's melody has a background sound that is used again by technology to make sounds. They use some drums to make the beats during this point. The next singer Jade has a solo and her voice has a middle range sound, she does not usually sing too high or too low. The chorus is then sung. After the chorus, Jesy comes in with her solo. Personally, I do not like the tone color of her voice. The sound is not easy for my ears to listen to. She is probably the weakest singer of the group. I do not like the vibrato that she does with her voice, it sounds disgusting to me. The next singer is Jade again who leads into the chorus again. This time, the chorus sounds louder adding to the variation of the song. They also add more bass sounding instrument or technology to build on top of the original sound. The next singer is Leigh-Ann, she also has a middle range voice but she can sing relatively low and high, not as high as Perrie's voice though. At 3:11, the girls each sing a different note and build on top of each other to produce chords. The highest singer is Perrie. At 3:24 the listener can really hear Perrie's voice and how it has a wide range. Little Mix like to use technology instruments to enhance their sound. In "Move" they use a technology instrument to start or to introduce the voices. The chorus in this song is catchy and I like the upbeat and bass of the song. The song has a lot of little instruments to make it sound better. This song has a lot of variation and I like it a lot. "Wings" is the first song I have ever heard from them. They use a bass instrument to keep the beat while they sing the introduction. This song has a fun upbeat as well. They also add in clapping to make the song sound different. They also sing different notes and build on top of a bass note in this song too. Perrie takes the top note again because her voice range is so wide.
"DNA" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3h-lLj3xv4
"Move" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwD4eJGxPc4
"Wings" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOQDsmEqVt8
"On My Way Up" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_g5NA_5TnQ
"Believe" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZMYO_iT-r0
For my week 7 unfamiliar music I chose a song that was suggested on YouTube. I only listened to the first three songs. The title of the first is "Sonata in F ." The song starts with a simple piano melody accompanied by a string instrument, maybe a violin. The piano melody is relatively simple with a few ornaments such as grace notes. The tempo picks up speed at :55. A new melody is played accompanied by the piano and the melody is played by the violin. Then the melody is given back to the piano and they repeat the first section or the first melody. At 1:55 a third melody is played. This one is more busy and a repeated note is played while the other hand has the melody, the violin is still accompanying. Grace notes are still being used as ornaments. The piano melody is pretty and simple here. A scale is played then a chromatic scale to transition to the next section which is the reoccurring melody by the piano, the violin still accompanying. The piano plays a melody imitated by the violin right after. The piano then sound like it is almost in a minor key in a little part of this section. The dynamic level here is soft. The second movement is then started after a short pause. This movement is raised up a dynamic level and the piano has a faster tempo as well. The violin plays increasing speed and volume notes to increase the intensity of this section. The next melody played has notes being played on different octaves. Then the melody is softer but still has a faster tempo. The melody is passed between the bass and treble clefs. This melody is still at a fast tempo and at 6:00 the dynamic is loud then gradually decrescendos. This piano part is really busy. The single note melody is played again. The second song of the collection is " Andante & Allegretto in C." This song has the same instruments being used, the piano has the melody and the violin accompanies nicely. The two instruments sound good together and make the song sound classical. The piano's melody is soft but decrescendos even more then crescendos again in the next few measures. The melody is busy and at a fast tempo and slowed down immediately. The violin and piano pass the melody and accompaniment to each other. The next section is set at a faster tempo. The third song is called " Andante in A & Fugue in A minor." The beginning of the song is slow yet has increasing speed in a few parts. The piano has the melody with no accompaniment to start. The violin comes in as the accompaniment. The melody is passed to the string instrument and the piano plays the accompaniment. The piano plays a section and the violin imitates the melody. The piano player adds ornaments such as grace notes and trills again to make variation and a more interesting sound. Scales are used a lot to transition to a new section.
Violin Sonatas Playlist Mix
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